Can someone please tell me what sandbagging is? I heard some people discussing it at my last meet, but didn't know exactly what they were talking about. It didn't sound very flattering though by the tone of their voices. Thanks in advance. :banana:
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My own pet peeve with sandbagging.... if you're ever at a meet that you feel is taking a really long time, you can start by blaming the sandbaggers. IF you sandbag your entry time, then you contribute to making the meet take longer than it should.
-Rick
I beg to disagree. Sandbagging, as in meaning you seed yourself slower than your real time, then swimming the heat really fast, does not make the heat or the meet longer. Every heat will take as long as its slowest swimmer. Therefore whether swimmer A swims in heat 1 (slowest to fastest) and finishes in half his posted time or seeds him(or her)self properly and swims in heat 3 and -maybe- finishes second, each heat will still take as long as its slowest participant.
Gamesmanship or not, is another story. This is after all, Masters Swimming, where in all probability, swimmers in any one heat will belong to different age groups (and even genders) and are thus only racing against their own expectations (and times).
My own pet peeve with sandbagging.... if you're ever at a meet that you feel is taking a really long time, you can start by blaming the sandbaggers. IF you sandbag your entry time, then you contribute to making the meet take longer than it should.
-Rick
I beg to disagree. Sandbagging, as in meaning you seed yourself slower than your real time, then swimming the heat really fast, does not make the heat or the meet longer. Every heat will take as long as its slowest swimmer. Therefore whether swimmer A swims in heat 1 (slowest to fastest) and finishes in half his posted time or seeds him(or her)self properly and swims in heat 3 and -maybe- finishes second, each heat will still take as long as its slowest participant.
Gamesmanship or not, is another story. This is after all, Masters Swimming, where in all probability, swimmers in any one heat will belong to different age groups (and even genders) and are thus only racing against their own expectations (and times).
